Cutting mechanism



C.A.1UENGST. CUTTNG MECHANSM.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. T0, l9l9 JJQSSQQD miente@ 0613i 18, w21

3" SHEETS-SHEET 2.

clamp engaging one side of the sheet pack above the plane of the cutter,means for ro-Y tating the cutter and thrust roller in the same directionas the advancing movement of the clamp, and idler rollersengaging'opposite sides of the clamp\ adjacent the point of intersectionof the cutter with the pack of sheets.

3. .Cutting mechanism for a pack of sheets comprising: a clamp forholding a pack of f sheets with one edge exposed, means for moving theclamp in a' given path during the' 'cuttingaction,. a rotating cutter atone side of land beneath the clamp and intersecting the path oft trvelof the exposed edge of the sheets,` two Y Alferhsat the other Asideof the clamp, one, an upper thrust roller engaging oneside of the sheetpack above the plane of the cutter and the other, a lower thrust rollerbeneath the cutter, said rollers receving between them the outer cuttingedge of the cutter, means for rotating the cutter and upper thrustroller in the saine direction as that 'of the advancing movement of theclamp, and idler rollers engaging` opposite sides of the clamp adjacentthe point of ntersection of the cutter with pack of sheets,

Signed at New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York,this 26th day of November, 1919. f

CHARLES A. JUENGST.

